Systems and Methods for Implementing Receiver Transparent Q-Mode

1. A transceiver with Q-mode capability comprising: an XOR scrambler that receives an all zeros input word; and a phase rotator, wherein the XOR scrambler and the phase rotator map the all zeros input word to a constellation point that is closest to a Q-mode constellation point for each carrier resulting in a different Physical Medium Dependent (PMD) scrambler and phase rotation for each carrier.

2. The transceiver of claim 1 , wherein a transmitter portion is capable of entering a Q-mode without a receiver portion entering a Q-mode.